AGENCIES
An Assistant commandant of Central Reserve Police Force- CRPF was killed and nine other security personnel were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device- IED blast triggered by Maoists in Bastar region last night.
The incident took place when a joint team of CoBRA battalion – an elite unit of CRPF, Special Task Force and District Reserve Guards was on a search operation in Arabraj Metta hills in Chintagufa area of Sukma district.
In this blast, eight officers and jawans of 206 CoBRA including Second in Command Dinesh Kumar Singh and Assistant Commandant Nitin Bhalerao were injured.
The injured were immediately rushed to Chintalnar Field Hospital and later airlifted to Raipur, where assistant Commandant Nitin Bhalerao succumbed to his injuries this morning. Martyred Niitn Bhalerao is a native of Nashik, Maharashtra. Condition of the remaining injured personnel is stated to be stable.